Some of the early events underlying Th2 cell maturation and susceptibility to Leishmania major infection in BALB/c mice

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 909-914

  Himmelrich, Hayo ^a   Launois, Pascal ^a   Tacchini Cottier, Fabienne ^a   Louis, Jacques A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytokines; IL 12 receptor; IL 4; T helper cell maturation

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 4; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; HELPER CELL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TH2 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032826942     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.112     Document Type: Review

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